Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Dec 11, 2025
What it does
The Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act would amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to extend protections to teens aged 13 to 16, in addition to children under 13, by updating definitions of “operator,” “personal information,” and “verifiable consent” to cover websites, online services, applications, and mobile apps. It prohibits operators from collecting, using, or disclosing personal information of children or teens without verifiable parental or teen consent, restricts individual-specific advertising based on personal data, and expands the scope of regulated entities to include high-impact social media companies with actual or willful disregard of user…
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